CAIRO: Mexican authorities announced that they uncovered and terminated a plot set to smuggle Saadi Gaddafi, the son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, into the country. The uncovered plot included a network of fake names and false papers that would allow Saadi Gaddafi and his family to move through a series of safe houses and private flights in order to make their way from Niger to Mexico's Punta Mita resort town, according to Mexican Interior Minister Alejandro Poire. “Mexican officials … succeeded in avoiding this risk, they dismantled the international criminal network which was attempting this and they arrested those presumed responsible,” Poire said at a press conference. Authorities in Mexico received a tip about the plot in early September. A Canadian woman named Cynthia Ann Vanier, a Danish man named Pierre Christian Flensborg, and two Mexican citizens, Jose Luis Kennedy Prieto and Gabriela Davila Huerta, were arrested in association with the plot on November 10 and 11. They bought a series of properties around Mexico and opened several bank accounts to accommodate the family when they arrived. They used a network of private flights from Mexico, the United States, Canada, Kosovo and the Middle East to route Saadi and his family to Mexico. Saadi, who faces an international travel ban and frozen assets, has remained in Niger, according to reports from his lawyer Nick Kaufman. Kaufman denies all allegations associated with the alleged plot. “There is absolutely no truth whatsoever to the allegation that, since fleeing Libya where his life was in grave danger, Saadi Gaddafi has attempted to flout the restrictive measures placed on him by the international community,” he told the BBC. Interpol asked member states to arrest Saadi if they find him in their territory. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/V9lyn Tags: featured, Saadi Gaddafi Section: Latest News, Libya
